
Board member, @AutumnHousePrs Debut story collection 'Impossible Children' won the Mary McCarthy Prize, out now frm @SarabandeBooks
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Special thanks to Fred Shaw & @PQuarterly for this lovely review of my book:
"Robert Yune clearly gets this, using place and well-rendered, self-aware characters to great effect, making for some of the most compelling reading I’ve done in a while."
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ALT A screenshot of the review's first paragraph: In the creative writing classes I teach, scene often becomes an early point of emphasis, especially when it applies to fiction. Hemingway’s classic “Hills Like White Elephants” stands as an exemplar, as the brief story relies on little more than setting and dialogue. According to Nancy Pagh, author of the thoughtfully written “Write Moves: A Creative Writing Guide and A
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been having a great week of reading thanks to our local public libraries. here’s a Malena Mörling poem to celebrate, we love you public libraries
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For your reading pleasure. My poem, "Nashville, after 50 years," on Jerry Jazz Musician today. Here's the link.
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Hope you can join us for this great event! This Sat at 7pm at @whitewhalebks.
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Today is the final day to submit to AHP's Nonfiction Prize! Send us your work by midnight ET!
#essays #memoirs #creativenonfiction #bookprize #indiepress
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Ren Cedar Fuller interviewed by Pittsburgh Review of Books on storytelling, empathy, and future endeavors.
Read the full interview here: pghrev.com/when-writing-make…
Feat. two writers living in WV!
If you're in or around PITTSBURGH this weekend, we're doing a double celebration! 3 year anniversary of @ShortReadsOrg & book launch of Bigger by Ren Cedar Fuller!
7pm Sat March 28!
Details: whitewhalebookstore.com/even…
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Our books are packed, and we're ready to go!
See you at #AWP26, Baltimore; we're booth 1165. 😎
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"This breathtaking collection by Salvatore Pane forces us to reflect deeply on the
Italian American experience."
Thanks to Italian Americana for the incredible review of THE NEOREALIST IN WINTER in their Winter issue!
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Monday, 12/15, is the last day to submit to the 2026 CAAPP Book Prize!
The 2026 CAAPP (@CAAPPoetics) Book Prize is now open!
The submission deadline is December 15th, 2025, and the winning manuscript will be published by AHP & receive a $3,000 prize.
As always, submissions are free.
This year's final judge is Ladan Osman (@OsmanLadan).
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ICE has arrested nearly 75,000 people with no criminal records, data shows aol.com/news/ice-arrested-ne… The President said ICE would target "murderers, gang members, rapists.." This is so wrong! This not what people voted for...
This is un-American...
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols wapo.st/3Mbd9a6 Adm. Kevin Lunday , ordered the suspension of the Coast Guard’s hazing and harassment policy...He's up for Senate confirmation this week. Challenge him on this. It's un-American.
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We’re thrilled to share the cover of LES PORTES by Meredith Nnoka, winner of the 2025 CAAPP Book Prize (@CAAPPoetics)!
In her debut collection, Nnoka traces how harm against women and femmes takes root, recurs, and reshapes itself across generations.
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Thank you to The Daily Texan (@thedailytexan) for the wonderful Q&A with AHP author and UT Austin alumna Lauren D. Woods (@Ladiwoods1)! Lauren and Samantha talk the importance of the humanities, the short story form, and the experience of publishing a book.
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Get your MS ready!
Submissions for the 2026 CAAPP Book Prize open next week (11.5)! The winning manuscript will receive $3,000 and publication with @AutumnHousePrs. This year's final judge is @OsmanLadan! For more info visit caapp.submittable.com
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Did you know Autumn House offers book subscriptions? They're a fantastic way to support our independent press—and they make a great gift for your favorite reader!
Find more information on the ‘Subscriptions’ tab of our website here:
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Explore the Human Side of AI with @mitpress’ latest @humble bundle, featuring 32 books about the future of artificial intelligence—and what it means for you. Purchases support charity🤍📚 bit.ly/themitpress
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Hungry for a fresh story? AHP author Lauren Woods just launched a book vending machine for local authors in D.C. to help raise the literary profile of the city she loves, and it's bringing fantastic results. We love this!
Read all about it here: loom.ly/G65M978
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A reminder that AHP poet Jasmine Reid, winner of the 2024 CAAPP Book Prize, is launching her book INTERLOCUTOR GODDESS this Friday, Oct. 17, at 7 p.m. at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater in East Liberty! RSVP here: loom.ly/15WY32w



























